The Taming of the Samurai: Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan 067425466X, 9780674254664

The Making of Modern Japan 9780674039100

Magisterial in vision, sweeping in scope, this monumental work presents a seamless account of Japanese society during th

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Hirohito and the making of modern Japan 9780061860478, 0061860476

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the

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Tour of Duty: Samurai, Military Service in Edo, and the Culture of Early Modern Japan 9780824865245

Alternate attendance (sankin kotai) was one of the central institutions of Edo-period (1603–1868) Japan and one of the m

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Zen - The Religion of the Samurai (Study Of Zen Philosophy And Discipline In China And Japan)

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Empire of Dogs: Canines, Japan, and the Making of the Modern Imperial World 9780801463235

Generously illustrated with both color and black-and-white images, Empire of Dogs shows that human-canine relations ofte

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The Individual without Passions: Modern Individualism and the Loss of the Social Bond 0739166573, 9780739166574

The Individual without Passions: Modern Individualism and the Loss of the Social Bond offers an innovative look at an ex

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The revolutionary origins of modern Japan 0804710481

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Code of the Samurai: a Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke 9781462900428, 1462900429

Learn the ways of the Japanese Bushido Code with this very readable, modern translation of theBushido Shoshinshu. Code

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The Way of the Samurai 9781398806078

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Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

Hagakure ("In the Shadow of Leaves"') is a manual for the samurai classes consisting of a series of short

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